"Golden Goose Cup?"
Hearing these three words, even Junior Leopard couldn't help but be moved.
After coming to this world for so many years, he was very familiar with the allusions in Jianghu. Most of the allusions and rumors in Jianghu were untrustworthy and exaggerated. Many of them sounded incredible, as if he was listening to a fantasy novel. But there were also some real things, such as the Golden Goose Cup.
The origin of the Golden Goose Cup was unknown, but its effect was well-known in the world.
That was, ordinary people could prolong their lives by 100 years after drinking a cup of the wine in the Golden Goose Cup!
If a person who knew martial arts and cultivated Inner Qi drank it, then apart from extending one's lifespan by a hundred years, the nature of one's Inner Qi would also undergo a miraculous change. This change would allow one's Inner Qi to develop a kind of spirituality!
Internal Qi produce spirituality!
This was a legendary realm, which was different from Internal Qi producing a unique property. Internal Qi producing a unique property was produced when one's Internal Qi had been cultivated to Level Seven or above, due to the increasingly close connection with the body, it was affected by the body. Generally speaking, as long as one's Internal Qi had been cultivated to one of Level Seven, it could produce a property.
Spirituality was different.
This required a lucky chance. In fact, according to the rumors in Jianghu, this lucky chance was the Golden Goose Cup.
Pour the wine or water into the Golden Goose Cup and soak it for an hour. Both the wine and the water will turn amber. When the wine inside turns amber, drink it all up. Then, you can prolong your life for a hundred years. Similarly, your Internal Qi will also produce a strong spirituality.
However, the use of the Golden Goose Cup was also limited.
A person could only use the Golden Goose Cup once in his life.
The Golden Goose Cup could only produce three cups of wine with miraculous effects every 100 years. That was to say, after three times, the Golden Goose Cup could only be used again after being displayed for another 100 years.
Why was the Golden Goose Cup born?
Because the function of this thing was too heaven-defying, and the number of times it could be used was too limited.
It could only be used three times in 100 years. What would happen after three times?
It could only be put away and used as a decoration. But could such a thing really be used as a decoration?
No!
Ordinary people could not wait for 100 years, but martial arts practitioners could. Especially the experts who had reached the Tendon-Changing Realm in martial arts, their lifespan was much longer than that of ordinary people. The lifespan of a Level Nine expert could reach 300 years. In their lifetime, they could wait for at least two opportunities for the Golden Goose Cup to play its role.
In this world, who wouldn't want to live a few more years?
Especially for the experts who had cultivated to the Tendon-Changing Realm, if they were given another hundred years to let their Internal Qi be full of intelligence, they might have the opportunity to promote their cultivation to the Mysterious Realm. In that case, their lifespan would increase by 200 years to 500 years.
Even a Sage would not be able to resist the temptation of such a good thing. Not to mention the people in Wulin.
In addition to these people in the martial arts world, there was another person who desired this thing the most.
Who?
The Emperor!
But the most unfortunate thing was that in history, no emperor had been lucky enough to use the Golden Goose Cup. Not even one.
Because to compete for the Golden Goose Cup, one could only rely on one's own martial arts. Most emperors did not know martial arts. Even if they did, their martial arts would not be very high. They could only rely on the strength of their subordinates. But how many people in the world could resist the temptation of the Golden Goose Cup?
History had proved that there was no one!
Therefore, the emperors of all dynasties had sent their internal experts to seize the Golden Goose Cup, but they either returned without success or disappeared. No one had ever been able to bring the Golden Goose Cup to the emperor.
Every time the Golden Goose Cup appeared, it would set off a bloody storm in Jianghu. In the beginning, the Golden Goose Cup appeared frequently, but later, it appeared less and less. Because everyone had learned their lesson. After getting it, it was impossible to publicize it. They kept it secretly and did not tell anyone. When they got the benefits, they would be the first to give the treasure away, so as not to bring disaster to themselves and their families.
In this way, the frequency of the Golden Goose Cup appearing in Wulin became less and less. Basically, it appeared once every hundred years. After it appeared, the Golden Goose Cup could not be used, because it had already been used. Only then would they find a way to give it away.
Even so, its appearance would still cause a fierce competition. Because everyone could only use the Golden Goose Cup once in a lifetime, not everyone would share the Golden Goose Cup with others. There were not many such people. After using it, they would throw it away like throwing away a hot potato to avoid getting into trouble. Therefore, in many cases, when the Golden Goose Cup appeared, it could still be used once or twice.
Every time, the fight for it would be extremely fierce. Similarly, the time would be very short, because no one would be willing to divulge such information. Usually, after they succeeded, they would find a random place, fill the cup with water, wait for an hour, drink it in one gulp, and then think of giving the cup away.
Why did they think of giving the cup away instead of throwing it away directly?
Because they were afraid of being suspected!
There was no impenetrable wall in the world. Even if no one really knew that the Golden Goose Cup had been taken by you once, when you traveled in Jianghu in the future, you would always need to use your Internal Qi. Once your Internal Qi ran, it would be very different from others and full of spirituality. Wouldn't others be able to see it?
In this way, people would think that the Golden Goose Cup was with you, and you couldn't take it out at that time. That would be a disaster.
It was better to find a way to put the Golden Goose Cup in the open and let people in Jianghu fight for it. In the end, no matter who got it, it had nothing to do with him.
It had been a hundred and fifty years since the last Golden Goose Cup.
The Golden Goose Cup had already become a legend in Jianghu. Not to mention Junior Leopard, even the leaders and Elders of the prestigious sects in the martial arts world had never thought of getting it. Gradually, in the whole martial arts world, the ownership of the Golden Goose Cup had become a lucky chance.
As the saying went, the natural divine object belonged to the predestined person.
If you were not predestined with it, no matter how high your cultivation was, you couldn't get it. If you were predestined with it, no matter how low your cultivation was, it would run to you.
The question was whether your predestined relationship with it was deep or shallow.
Li Jianxin was a predestined person, but his predestined relationship with the Golden Goose Cup was too shallow.
After getting the Golden Goose Cup, he was discovered before he had time to warm it.
What if he was caught?
Run!
Where could he run?
Running in the mountains, as long as he could get rid of them for an hour, he would be successful. Unfortunately, he overestimated his Lightness Skill.
In this place, he was blocked.
"Li Jianxin, don't be silly. Hand over the Golden Goose Cup quickly!"
Seeing Li Jianxin raise the parcel in his hand high, Huang Deguang's face darkened. "You don't want to become the public enemy of the martial arts world, do you?"
"Damn it, my life is worthless. If you catch up with me, I'll die. If I break the cup, I'll die. If I die, you won't have a good time!" The muscles on Li Jianxin's face twitched, and his face showed a strong determination.
"Well, Li Jianxin, don't be impulsive. Let's talk it out. As long as you hand over the Golden Goose Cup, we promise not to kill you. What do you think?" This time, it was an old man who spoke. His face was kind and graceful, and he had the demeanor of an elder. However, when this elder spoke, his eyes were fixed on the cyan bundle in Li Jianxin's hand. His greed was obvious.
"Humph, it's not that easy. The Golden Goose Cup still has two chances to be used. When I'm done, I'll hand it over!"
"Li Jianxin, you wish!" Hearing this, Huang Deguang was very anxious. "This kind of treasure belongs to the virtuous. Who do you think you are? You're just lucky to get this treasure. It's already a blessing, but you want to keep it for yourself —!" Before he could finish his sentence, his face suddenly stiffened. His mouth was still open, but he could no longer say a word. The spirit in his eyes gradually faded, and the strength supporting his body also began to disappear. With a plop, he fell to the ground silently, dead just like that.
"Who — who —!"
After a strange silence of two breaths, the people besieging Li Jianxin finally reacted. Looking at Huang Deguang's silent death, everyone felt a chill in their hearts and could not help but take two steps back. This was a good opportunity for Li Jianxin, who was surrounded in the middle. As soon as he saw the crowd retreat, he raised the big saber in his hand and was ready to break out of the encirclement. Unexpectedly, as soon as he raised his saber, it stopped in the air. Just like Huang Deguang, there was no trace of vitality. His body, along with the parcel containing the Golden Goose Cup, fell to the ground.
Witnessing the strange death of the two people, the people around dared not act rashly.
Suddenly, a black shadow flashed, and a black figure swept over at a very fast speed, like an invisible wind. Before they could fully react, the parcel in Li Jianxin's hand disappeared. Almost at the same time, another black figure also swept up. After a few ups and downs, both disappeared without a trace.
Those who participated in the siege of Li Jianxin looked at each other and saw the horror in each other's eyes. They had only heard of such Lightness Skill and such means of killing in the rumors of Jianghu. They never thought they would meet such a master. After the horror, there was a burst of loss, incomparable loss, because they knew that after the legendary Golden Goose Cup appeared in front of them, it was completely out of their reach. Either one of the two black figures just now was not someone they could deal with. Even if they could deal with them, they could not catch up.
"Hey, let's go, let's go!" The old man who had just spoken to Li Jianxin sighed heavily. "Huang Deguang is right. Such a treasure should belong to the virtuous. I'm afraid we can only have the good fortune of taking a look!"
"Take a look? I didn't even f * cking see it!" The person next to him scolded heavily. He threw the long saber in his hand to the ground and turned his head to leave.
… …
… …
"Hey, Golden Rooster, you can't keep such a treasure to yourself!" Junior Leopard completely let go of the strength of his feet. Running the Yanfu Inner Strength crazily, he ran forward quickly. About 300 feet away from him, Golden Rooster, Jin Yuquan, also used his body movement and ran forward like the wind.
The two of them ran and chased for four hours. After four hours, Golden Rooster finally slowed down and stopped. For Junior Leopard, the distance of 300 feet was just two leaps and bounds.
"I say, Golden Rooster, you f * cking have gone too far. We found the thing at the same time and I killed the people. You want to take the thing and run away?!" Junior Leopard rushed in front of Jin Yuquan and shouted fiercely.
"Isn't your Lightness Skill bad? Just now, my speed was at least twice that of that night, but you could actually keep up with me unhurriedly. I really have a whole new level of respect for you! " Golden Rooster said with a slightly panting tone. Obviously, the four hours of running just now was not an easy thing for him.
"Don't talk nonsense, take the thing out!" Junior Leopard did not respond to him and said directly, "This thing is a hot potato. It's better to quickly finish the matter and leave. I don't want to cause any trouble!"
"Alright!" The face covered by the bronze mask showed a little wry smile. Jin Yuquan untied the bundle in his hand. There was a small sandalwood box in the bundle. Junior Leopard and Jin Yuquan looked at each other and felt the tension emanating from each other.
No matter who it was, it was impossible to be as calm as usual in the face of a treasure like the Golden Goose Cup.
Jin Yuquan gently opened the box, and a fist-sized, simple cup appeared in front of the two of them.
The cup was the size of a teacup, and its style was similar to that of a teacup, but it was extremely thin. The outside was a layer of cyan enamel, and the inside was very white without a trace of impurities. Apart from that, there was nothing special.
"Is this the legendary Golden Goose Cup?" Jin Yuquan sighed softly. He lifted the Golden Goose Cup and slowly turned it over. The bottom of the cup was engraved with two pale gold ancient characters "Golden Goose".
"This is indeed the Golden Goose Cup. It's exactly the same as the legend says. Golden Rooster, don't delay anymore. I don't know who you want to share this thing with, but I want to tell you that I won't give up!"
"Is there no room for negotiation?"
"Do you think I'm such a stupid person?" Junior Leopard sneered. "I'm afraid even a Sage can't keep his cool when he sees this kind of thing. What's more, I'm not a Sage. How could I give up such an opportunity? What do you think? "
Jin Yuquan laughed dryly and looked a little helpless. "Then, I need you to do me a favor!"
"What favor?"
"Help me keep this secret!" Jin Yuquan said softly. "Just now Li Jianxin said that this thing has two more chances to be used, but it hasn't been confirmed. If after the first use, I find that this cup can only be used for another 100 years when I use it again, it won't be fun!"
"You want to keep this cup?"
"Yes, I'll give you the first chance to use it, but you have to promise to keep this secret for me for 100 years!"
"100 years?" Junior Leopard said, "This is a little troublesome. I can't guarantee it!"
"You have to promise, swear, otherwise, I'll crush this cup right now!" Jin Yuquan said faintly, but his voice carried a hint of decisiveness. As he spoke, he circulated his astral energy and covered his entire body. "You can kill those people without making a sound, but you can't kill me without making a sound!"
"It seems that I have to swear this oath!" Junior Leopard smiled bitterly. "Okay, I, Zhou Bao, swear here today that no matter when, where and what happens, I won't reveal the secret that the Golden Goose Cup is in Jin Yuquan's hands in any form or in any way. If I violate this oath, if I violate this oath, this, this …"
"If I violate this oath, my tendons and meridians will be broken and I'll lose all my martial arts!" Jin Yuquan said in an extremely cold voice.
"Hey, Golden Rooster, why are you so vicious?"
"Hmph, if I wasn't vicious, would you abide by it?" Jin Yuquan sneered.
"Okay, okay, according to what you said, if I violate this oath, my tendons and meridians will be broken and I'll lose all my martial arts. Are you satisfied now?"
"Yes, I'm satisfied!" Golden Rooster nodded. The Gang Qi scattered around his body dissipated, and he handed the Golden Goose Cup to Junior Leopard. "Okay, you can use it. I hope he won't let you down!"
"I think he won't let me down!" Junior Leopard took the Golden Goose Cup, glanced at Golden Rooster, smiled, and said no more. He turned to the stream beside him, scooped a cup of water, and put it in front of him.
The two of them sat cross-legged on the ground and waited quietly. As time went by, the water in the cup began to change slowly. From the original clear and transparent color, it slowly turned pale gold. Then, the pale gold gradually developed in the direction of a deeper yellow, and the yellow slowly deepened. Finally, it became a thick deep amber color.
"It's really the legendary Golden Goose Cup. It's real!" Looking at the amber liquid that emitted a faint light, Junior Leopard and Jin Yuquan couldn't help but breathe quickly.
"What, Golden Rooster, have you changed your mind?" Junior Leopard sneered. "It's not too late to change your mind!"
"Drink it quickly and leave after drinking. Otherwise, there will be more complications!" Jin Yuquan took a deep breath and suppressed the greed in his heart. "Or, how about you listen to my conditions again?"
"No need!" Junior Leopard said. He raised the Golden Goose Cup and drank it.
The slightly hot liquid passed through his throat and fell straight into his stomach. As soon as the liquid fell into his stomach, it turned into an amber gas and integrated into Junior Leopard's limbs, bones, and Internal Qi. There was no longer a trace of abnormality.
"Well, how do you feel?" Jin Yuquan had been observing Junior Leopard's reaction, but Junior Leopard's face was also covered by a weird smiling mask, so he couldn't see his reaction clearly.
Junior Leopard didn't answer immediately. Instead, he closed his eyes and began to run his Internal Qi.
"It seems to be a little different!"
Yes, he felt some changes in his body and Internal Qi, but the changes were not obvious, especially in his body. Apart from feeling that his body was full of vitality again and driving away the tiredness of the chase, there was no other surprise. As for his Internal Qi, there was a change, but this change was somewhat inexplicable.
This was the portrayal of all the feelings that Junior Leopard had now, and he didn't make any further exploration.
"But for a while, I can't figure out what the difference is. Maybe I need some time to realize it later!" Junior Leopard's tone revealed some helplessness. He handed the Golden Goose Cup in his hand to Jin Yuquan. "Well, here's the cup. You can have it!"
Jin Yuquan took the cup and didn't say anything. He didn't scoop water into it like Junior Leopard did. Instead, he put the cup into the box, took out a piece of black cloth, wrapped the box into a package, and hung it on his body.
"Don't you want to try?"
"A hundred years later!" Jin Yuquan stood up and said. "Well, let's go. It's getting late. If we don't hurry up, I'm afraid we'll have to rest in this mountain for the whole night!"
"You really don't want to try?" Junior Leopard's eyes revealed an inconceivable look. "Don't tell me you want to give this opportunity to others?"
"I don't need this thing for the time being. I can wait for a hundred years!" After that, Jin Yuquan didn't speak anymore. He stood up, ran his body movement again, and swaggered away.
"What a strange guy!" Junior Leopard shook his head. He didn't agree with Jin Yuquan's way of doing things. However, he didn't have the hobby of forcibly changing other people's minds. Since Jin Yuquan wanted to put this hot thing in his hands, Junior Leopard had no obligation to say anything. He just let him go.
Just now, the two of them had been running toward the mountainous area of Shu. In four hours, they had run more than a hundred miles. Junior Leopard looked relaxed when he caught up with Jin Yuquan. In fact, he had run Yanfu Inner Strength to the extreme at that time, and his Internal Qi had been greatly consumed. If it weren't for his External Elixir, he would have died long ago. Even so, the Internal Qi in the External Elixir between his eyebrows was also greatly consumed. Although he had a rest, it was not so easy to recover.
Moreover, after such a thing happened, even if Jin Yuquan was a Level Seven expert, he had to be careful. He didn't want to go back the way he came. Therefore, along the way, they walked through some wild mountains and secret forests. When they walked out of the mountainous area, it was already five days later.
Junior Leopard also had a feeling of exhaustion.
"Sigh, we're finally out of this Ghost Mountain!"
In a small town centralization at the foot of the Cave Palace Mountain, Junior Leopard and Jin Yuquan entered the only inn in the centralization. Once Junior Leopard entered the inn, he sat down and didn't want to get up again.
"You rest in the inn first. I'll go to the centralization to see if there are any horses to buy!" Jin Yuquan said. After giving Junior Leopard a few words, he left the inn.
"Jianghu, Jianghu, this is roaming in Jianghu. It's really f * cking tiring!" After Jin Yuquan left, Junior Leopard ordered the waiter to quickly boil a basin of hot water for him. After taking a good hot bath and changing his clothes, he immediately felt refreshed.
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